📚 Cantankerous, adjective. 🔉 /kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. ❗️ Examples: 1. He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times. 2. When the cantankerous old miller dies of a heart attack, he bequeaths his property to his eldest son, his donkey to the second, and the mill cat to his youngest son Mark. 3. Now we have responsibility for my 88 year old cantankerous maiden aunt who suffers from moderately severe dementia and resides in a rest home. 4. This isn't like the cantankerous old Johnboy we've come to know and loathe, and frankly I find this a bit disturbing, but a welcome change. 5. The only other person from my group who was there was Ernie (the old cantankerous fool). ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic